Road-planer.



W. S. FSTEL ROAD PLANEE.

APPLICATION FILED HOV. s, ma.

z of lil/inconnu). haie invented a new and une-- i'ul iinpioveun ui in Roadlanei's, of which the lollonf'ingf ifs a Specification.

The priniaify object ol' lhs invent-ifm the pioduetion ol' a i'oad linisliing1 devieey which iriarieulm'ly adapted to plane, ofi l'i'aiisven-;o rid fes in roads Rendering he sin- 'faite olZ he road plane.

'Fui-flier ohja/t hev igiroduction of deviee olf saidfrhai'actei'. which is lil-oni Side di'afa .vheieby tho device `will cizii'el in i diiee' line parallel to ils lon linal sides and smooth the sinlafo ol" the road. in a plane. i

To tlieSe onda my invention comprises the following! 'lf-eaiui'ep: of county i 'on and Coin binaliiou ol' pai-la which are sunple, inexpenr-liio and elleive inoperaim.

lu the aeeoinpauylug di'a\\'inp; forming pai' of `bia ieeilieaiioi'i, Figure, 'l i5 a plan olf my invention; llig. a side elevation partly in seetion; Fig. 3 is a Section laken on lhe line i# im o'l lfiggj. l; Fig. fis a. pei'- speeivo o? one ol' the Shoes employed for i'ai iop; the 'Foi'wa 'd ein] olt thel device when il: is idle and being drawn from one, place lo anol'hei' foi' oirieiation. and Fig'. 5 'is a fide elevalion of' a dolal ol one oli f'ghe ifunneif; showing one o'l. 'he @hoes aiiplied i 'Roads usually Weai' iulo a Foiin having' doi'lees have to level .Cta/rh ii' .imei-w ridges. Y"anous been designed in ali'ei'ispl'iug ioads'aiid smooth lglieiif Suilaees, bul; These deviees have not :ieeonii'ilished l'he iesul'la l'or whieh they have been designed, owing` lo the voiiral'l'uetion of the paris, ho posilzion in which lhe euttei's oi' Sei'aiieia are held and he isidey dial in'odueed by ihe, sei'api g; ele- These ohjeetioin:

mento upon llie deviee, i lV oi'eieoi'ne by eel'lain imi'oveuienis. one eoni'ufion ol which i9 illutliaeil by the awonipanying dimwinggj, in which# and xl represent tivo long` winners, said i'uunei'aas shown being; held Spaeed apart in parallel relation by the (Toso pieces oi' stays 2. lllaeh ol' these Funnel-s consists` of a bail ol wood or other suil'able iuatei'ial 2S. longitudinally disposed throughout Substantially lhe entire length of the iunuoi and tapered downwardly by slaniing one side 4 oli each bai', which is placed on the outer Side, of the device, inwardly. To the two opposite,

A n l l sides olv each liac are secured suffli as bf." bols a pan of blad/iai l? made ol inelal or other u itable naoi'ial, izho lone jin" below he lower edge ol" ll'ie bar il and have clamped henween Ythem a nari-ow ine'al iuunei blade 7, Whiel'i is Shown fshai'z f onod on ils lower edge. lfhe nie'zhod of Se enying said funnel' blade between said edge@ 's by means of' bolts 8 or other suitable lie Side ba" ,ligas oi" which moanan The i'unnei" blades 7 on oi' runner, ol" .'he "l iioe adapted lo have! in long;y l ,il grooves made in he runner blades. Those eut'leia Form grooves or lui-rows in the road while the planer do Vies is being drawn ahead either by hoifea device .auch von@A ling oli, plank l0 vfliieh. is seemed to lhe alli-imgnli inner faves the runners; by hrm-lieta ll, and. haiow sueh as l passing' dmvon'ai( .",ugh the planlf: and had i'i;`i l` iu of y lion. n'inuallalielf: baal( of 'he haii'ow vieo and Secured to ihe ia ","iaeen lava olf Ehe runner#4 is a planing' lool eonfsisii'ig olE a bai l-l dispoaed ianigsegwl. at an oblique angle beln'een he iuimeis the method of atlaehnien: to the ruime-VS being by oieaua sueh an ln'aelfffhs lll'. To he loafer forward aee of ljiiu hay sei ed a culling blade l5 suoli as; by bolla lo. he lon'e' eso*- l'ing (alle oi ihe culling blade l5 i il lf'iff. lower points; oi" the liaii'on' 'teeih l2 lie ifi .aubalaniially L'he Sanne hoi'ixf'ml'al plane with tho lower edges oll the, i:minet-S plaid i'ieefrh and blade thereby ei'igzwe the `ground owing W lo the runners 7 traveling .in the grooves or liui'i'ows eut by the nose poinls 2) on the 'Foi'- Waid ends of the runner blades. The luunei` blades engaging' the wuy'l'aee ol he gi'ound in the grooves out by the nose, nieves hold tho iunneiS against laleial. n'ioveuien't While the device is beine* drawn ahead and subjected to any side dra 7: mused b v uneven Contact of the liaii'ow eel'h and planing tool s/'V'hen ,it desired to draw the deviceover an obstruction or when not in use for leveling a road the forward ends of the runners may ce placed upon similar shoes such asfF, one shoe being provided for' each runner'. The shoe .illustrated for this purpose consists of a body 1S havin g a downwardly and rearwardly curved forward end 19, which is adapted to guide over the-ground. The forward portion of the shoe has a strap 2O througl'r which the nose 9 may be insertedandheld and a pair of side lugs 2l disposed n near the rear end of the shoe, which are adapted to engage with the lower edge of `the forward portion of the runner blade to prevent lateral movement. A shoe of this construction may easily he adjusted to the nose end of the runner blade or removed therefrom when it is desired to operate the road planer to level the surface of a road.

This invention contemplates the use of any road trimmer' such a cutting, levelingand finishingtool in combination with the runners which are disclosed and various modifications may therefore be designed within the spirit of this inventiona p [ln operation the device is drawn ahead over the road to be trimmed and finished. 'lhe cutting noses groove thf-y surface of the road and the planer blades follow in the 'grooves and engage the device with the surface of the road to prevent any lateral movement or side draft of the device. While the device is moving ahead the trimming elements plane and finish the surface substantially in a plane, After the device is used and it is desired to move to a new place for operation, the shoes are adjusted over the nose ends of 'the runner bladesn ln. accordance with the patent statutes l have described the principles of operation of my invention together with the apparatus which l now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof but l desire to have.. it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to 'usesother than those above set forth within tho scope of the following claims.

Having described vmy inventiom what l claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is l 1. A road planer, comprising, in combination, a plurality of long parallel runners held evenly spaced apart having forward depending groove cutters and lower thin edges adapted to follow in the grooves produced by said cutters and prevent lateral mo vement I'fof said runners and an earth working tool carried between said runners for trimming and finishing the surface of a road substantially in a plane. l

2. A road planer, comprising, in combination, a plurality of long` parallel runners held evenly spaced apart having forward depending cutters. adapted to groove the surface of a road' and lower thin edges adapted to follow inthe grooves produced by said cutters and prevent lateral movement of said runners, a harrow element carriedybetween said runners near the forward end of the device and a tool carried between said runners following said lnrrrow element for trimming and scraping the surface of the road and finishing it substantially in a plane.

A road planer, comprising, in combination7 a plurality of long parallel runners held spaced apart having forward depending cutters adapted to groove the surface of a road, said runners being adapted to follow in the grooves made by said cutters, an earth working device carried between said runners for trimming and finishing the surface of the road substantially in a plane and shoes detachably secured over tie forward 

